Shop Class as Soul Craft (1)

Title: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
Author: Matthew B. Crawford
Genre: Non-Fiction

I liked but didn’t love this book although there were sections and definitely passages that I absolutely loved. The concept of the book is very interesting. “An Inquiry Into the Value of Work” is a perfect subheading. When the author was talking about “the work” (being a motorcycle mechanic for example) I enjoyed it very much. When he went more toward an academic, theoretical explanation the book, in my opinion, got bogged down and was a bit hard to slog through.

I’m really glad I read it though because it aligns really well some things I’ve been thinking about for the last 6-8 months (since the disaster of employment that we don’t speak of). I think that my generation kind of got conned into thinking that college and then a career in knowledge work is the end all and be all.